Venezuela and Colombia agree to mend strained relations

[Judi Lynn]

Venezuela and Colombia agree to mend strained relations
22 July 2013 Last updated at 21:16 ET

The presidents of Colombia and Venezuela have agreed to work to improve relations, two months after a row erupted between the two neighbours.

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But at the meeting on Monday, Mr Maduro said Colombia could count on the full support of his government in the talks, which are taking place in Cuba.

"We are at your orders to contribute, even modestly, so Colombia can celebrate peace sooner than later," Mr Maduro told his counterpart after the meeting in Puerto Ayacucho, capital of Venezuela's Amazonas province.

The two presidents were smiling and looked relaxed, said the BBC's Arturo Wallace in Bogota.

"There are issues we agree with, we have different views on many things but we have a huge obligation and responsibility of working together. And that is what we are going to do," said Mr Santos.

"We are keen to make up for lost time," said the Colombian president.

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[sabrina 1]

1. That's good news. Airc, even the Colombian President expressed anger at the treatment of

Evo Morales in Europe. Maybe he's realizing that no matter how much a Latin American leader caters to the Western powers, they will always be just another colony to them.